Consumer Education and Assistance
Identity crime is the theft or misuse of an individual's personal or financial information to gain something of value and/or to facilitate other criminal activity (Federal Trade Commission, 2006). Approximately nine million people in the United States were victims of identify crime in 2005 (Better Business Bureau, 2006).
The sections above are designed to help consumers:
- Learn about identity crime
- Prevent identity crime
- Respond to identity crime if it happens
